I recall several war game scenarios that released nuke control to lower levels of authority. All of the commanders did exactly the same thing. They fought conventionally until their situation was desperate, perhaps even fatal. They then reached for the biggest nuke that they had and used it.
I postulate that due to the cultural reluctance to use nukes that has been ingrained in our society, it makes this particular bomb very unlikely to be deployed.
In the 1980’s there were simulations on a DEC Vax 11-780 computer. Perhaps a 785.
I remember the article because we had a Vax 11-780 at the college I attended. And a 735. For those of you out there who may have known those machines.
Boy, have things changed.
I remember how they were shocked how quickly field commanders went for the nukes, sometimes destroying part of their own forces by close detonations.
At that time, we still had missiles in Europe to nuke Russian tanks if they came over the border.